The Bengaluru police arrested Dominic Roy, the van driver accused of fleeing with a cash van carrying Rs 1.37 crore on 23 November, early on Tuesday.
DCP (West) MN Anucheth told The News Minute (TNM) that the police had been watching Dominic’s usual haunts, one of which is a shed near Tin Factory, where he was nabbed.
Dominic is currently being interrogated regarding the details of the heist, the DCP said.
Dominic’s wife, Evelyn Mary Roy, had surrendered to the Banaswadi police on Sunday night with Rs 78 lakh in cash.
On November 23, after Dominic had stolen one trunk of money containing Rs 92 lakh from the van, he went to Krishna Flour Mill in Banaswadi and broke open the lock there. He then called his wife, where she and their son met Dominic, the DCP said.
The family then travelled to Thrissur in Kerala, went back to Coimbatore and then to Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. On 27 November, Dominic dropped off his wife and son at KR Puram in Bengaluru and went to Salem, saying he had to take care of a few things.
“The trio had boarded a train from Charlgudi in Kerala and had got off at the Coimbatore station, when they were first captured by CCTV cameras,” a Bengaluru police inspector said.
“We had informed the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh police. The family was spotted at the Thrissur and Vellore bus terminals as well. But by the time we would locate them, the trio would have left the spot,” he added.
Dominic has been booked under sections 381 (theft by clerk of employer’s possession) and 120b (punishment for criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, while Evelyn has been booked for abetment in addition to the above-mentioned sections.
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